
http://xkcd.com/1249/
Alt text: "Remember, meteors always hit the tallest object around."
Tettigoniids: may be distinguished from grasshoppers by the length of their filamentous antennae.
Moderators: Moderators General, Prelates, Magistrates
Wait for it.rhomboidal wrote:In astronomy, you spend half the time waiting for things, and the other half coming up with names for them.
Eternal Density wrote:I didn't know meteor showers have names (assuming that's true) but I deduce that exactly none of the notes are the slightest bit serious. As for the names themselves, I have no idea.Wait for it.rhomboidal wrote:In astronomy, you spend half the time waiting for things, and the other half coming up with names for them.
The Meteor Shower is small!Eternal Density wrote:I didn't know meteor showers have names (assuming that's true) but I deduce that exactly none of the notes are the slightest bit serious. As for the names themselves, I have no idea.Wait for it.rhomboidal wrote:In astronomy, you spend half the time waiting for things, and the other half coming up with names for them.
Greyjoy wrote:Is there a clever reason that I'm missing for why Dromaeosaurids is out of sequence?
sbkp wrote:
http://xkcd.com/1249/
Tettigoniids: may be distinguished from grasshoppers by the length of their filamentous antennae.
geospacedman wrote:You can get stationary meteors - they're called 'point source meteors' and occur when the meteor is heading straight for you.
Angua wrote:Can you edit in the alt-text, please?
Greyjoy wrote:Is there a clever reason that I'm missing for why Dromaeosaurids is out of sequence?
50/50 mix of meteors and shooting stars
wizpretz wrote:geospacedman wrote:You can get stationary meteors - they're called 'point source meteors' and occur when the meteor is heading straight for you.
That sounds both awesome and terrifying at the same time.
Also I can't wait to see the Perseids in 3 days! What's the best place to view it? And how do I know I won't be killed by erupting meteors?
Eternal Density wrote:I didn't know meteor showers have names (assuming that's true) but I deduce that exactly none of the notes are the slightest bit serious. As for the names themselves, I have no idea.Wait for it.rhomboidal wrote:In astronomy, you spend half the time waiting for things, and the other half coming up with names for them.
Quicksilver wrote:The Meteor Shower is small!Eternal Density wrote:I didn't know meteor showers have names (assuming that's true) but I deduce that exactly none of the notes are the slightest bit serious. As for the names themselves, I have no idea.Wait for it.rhomboidal wrote:In astronomy, you spend half the time waiting for things, and the other half coming up with names for them.
ijuin wrote:Greyjoy wrote:Is there a clever reason that I'm missing for why Dromaeosaurids is out of sequence?
I think it's a paleontology joke referring to fossils being found "out of sequence" (i.e. buried in anachronistic rock strata). For example, if a hole develops in an older rock layer that is later filled with newer material including fossils, then you get what appears to be a fossil embedded in a rock that formed before the fossil itself existed (e.g. Cretaceous fossils in a Triassic rock layer). Young-Earth proponents often point to this jumbling of different-aged materials as evidence that stratiographic dating methods are faulty.
Wnderer wrote:ijuin wrote:Greyjoy wrote:Is there a clever reason that I'm missing for why Dromaeosaurids is out of sequence?
I think it's a paleontology joke referring to fossils being found "out of sequence" (i.e. buried in anachronistic rock strata). For example, if a hole develops in an older rock layer that is later filled with newer material including fossils, then you get what appears to be a fossil embedded in a rock that formed before the fossil itself existed (e.g. Cretaceous fossils in a Triassic rock layer). Young-Earth proponents often point to this jumbling of different-aged materials as evidence that stratiographic dating methods are faulty.
What do you mean out of sequence? They are in chronological order. Last time I checked July 22nd came after July 19th and before August 12th.
bigchiefbc wrote:Every time I've tried to see a meteor shower, I basically ended up seeing nothing. The only thing I hate about living in this part of the country is the atrocious amount of light pollution. And it is a many many hour drive to get away from it.
pkcommando wrote:Apparently, it was a different date that has since been corrected(?).
meh wrote:Finally, the answer to Time's 1966 question:Spoiler:
Valarya wrote:meh wrote:Finally, the answer to Time's 1966 question:Spoiler:
Heresy. Even though Time has ended... GLR is not dead.
ZBerg wrote:Valarya wrote:meh wrote:Finally, the answer to Time's 1966 question:Spoiler:
Heresy. Even though Time has ended... GLR is not dead.
He wasn't even born then....
Soup wrote:pkcommando wrote:Apparently, it was a different date that has since been corrected(?).
Mustard.
geospacedman wrote:You can get stationary meteors - they're called 'point source meteors' and occur when the meteor is heading straight for you.
pkcommando wrote:Spoiler:
I was thinking the same thing until I saw explain xkcd:
Apparently, it was a different date that has since been corrected(?).
PinkShinyRose wrote:pkcommando wrote:Spoiler:
I was thinking the same thing until I saw explain xkcd:
http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/ ... howers.png
Apparently, it was a different date that has since been corrected(?).
For those who didn't see it, or need a reminder: it said June instead of July.
Return to “Individual XKCD Comic Threads”
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 84 guests